Perfectly Reflected by S.C. Ransom

Author:S.C. Ransom [Ransom, S.C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780857630377
Publisher: Nosy Crow
Published: 2011-02-15T00:00:00+00:00

Something wasn’t quite right. Richmond was sunny and warm, and everyone seemed to be smiling. I walked across the green, my loose skirt flowing in the breeze. As usual the green was dotted with people enjoying the weather – couples lying intertwined on the grass, mothers with toddlers racing around clutching ice creams, and teenagers gathering together in hordes. Every few minutes a plane roared overhead, but no one took much notice.

I had no plan about where I was going, no destination in mind, I was just walking. As I looked around me I saw a group of familiar faces on the other side of the green, so I veered in that direction. It was a group from my school and the boys’ school next door. Someone had clearly been buying doughnuts; the wreckage of the box was on the grass in the middle of the group. As I got there I peered into it hopefully, but there were just a few sugar strands clinging to the edges. I sighed, and threw myself down on the ground with the others. The conversation was going on in a low hum, and I couldn’t quite catch any of it, but I wasn’t terribly worried. It was lovely lying in the sunshine.

I slowly became conscious that the conversation was changing. It had changed from the low, lazy, background noise to something more charged, as if people were suddenly anticipating something exciting happening. I rolled over and propped myself up on my elbows, looking at what had captured everyone’s attention. Two people were walking together over the grass towards us, but from this distance I couldn’t identify them. The sun was behind them so they were in silhouette, but it didn’t seem to stop anyone else recognising them. The hum of conversation became much more excited and every face was turned towards them. It was a tall man and a shorter, willowy girl. They didn’t seem to be talking.

It wasn’t until they were almost on top of us that my eyes were finally able to pick out the familiar features, and I felt my head snap up in shock. Callum was walking towards me, side by side with Catherine. I looked around wildly, but no one seemed to think anything odd was going on. Callum looked gorgeous, with his dark-blonde hair being gently ruffled by the breeze. His penetrating blue eyes fixed on mine. I tried to leap up, to greet him, to hold him tight, but I found my movements were suddenly slow and sluggish. The babble of excited talk finally broke through.

“Catherine! Over here!”

“Catherine, great to see you!”

I looked around wildly at my friends, who were all smiling at Catherine in welcome, gesturing to her to come and sit with them. No one seemed to be taking any notice of Callum. I turned back to look at him and saw his face was serious, stressed. He was staring at me intently, oblivious to everything else that was going on, as if he was willing me to do or say something, something that I didn’t understand.

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